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South Australia. Between Everard Range and Wanta- 

 pella Swamp (S. A. White, August, 1914). 



Northern Territory. JV T est of Lake Amadeus (Tate 

 Herbarium; no collector named, but probably W. H. Tietkens 

 in his journey of 1899). Both specimens are very small. 



F . fruticulosa, DC. (pi. xvii.). A small maritime shrub 

 with minutely puberubent branches and the straggling char- 

 acter of F. pa uci flora, but with small sessile often white- 

 incrusted leaves, glabrous above, linear-subcylindrical, 2-4 

 mm. long; midrib prominent below; sheath ciliate ; flowers 

 solitary, usually terminating short branchlets ; calyx 3-4 mm. 

 long, 4-5-toothed, petals 4-5, white; stamens 6; placentas 

 2, parietal; ovules 1, very rarely 2 to each placenta and, 

 where there are 2 ovules, the corresponding style-branch is 

 divided into 2 branches; funicles bent downwards. — 

 Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula (Tate Herbarium, coll. J. G. 0. 

 Tepper) ; Murat Bay. As regards the identity of this species, 

 see these Transactions, xl., 68, and xli., 49. J. Vesque, in 

 describing the leaf of F . fruticulosa (Ann. sci. nat. 6 me ser. 

 xv., 125), says: — "Nervure mediane fortement saillante en 

 dessous, formant avec les bords de la feuille deux profondes 

 gouttieres." This description applies to the species here dealt 

 with, although it is true that it also fits one or two other 

 species. 



F . serpyUifolta, Lindl. (pi. xvi.). Dwarf shrub, in South 

 Australian specimens 15-30 cm. high, with erect branching 

 stems rising from a woody base; branches, leaves, and calyx 

 pubescent or hispid (often almost bristly) with spreading 

 hairs; leaves stalked, 3-7 mm. long, usually much shorter 

 than the internodes, revolute on the margin so as to appear 

 almost linear-cylindrical, or almost flat and ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, midrib inconspicuous below; flowers in loose or com- 

 pact dicliotomous cymes; calyx 5-8 mm. long, 2 mm. broad; 

 petals 5, bright pink, free; stamens 6; style-branches 3; 

 stigmas very shortly decurrent or descending half-way along 

 the branch; placentas 3, basal; ovule 1 to each placenta on 

 a long bent f unicle ; seeds papillose, 1-2 in capsule. I have 

 examined specimens from the following localities : — 



South Australia. — Frome River, near Marree ; Hawker; 

 Leigh Creek; Mount Parry; tableland north of Callana, 

 Lake Eyre Basin ; sandy soil near Ferdinand River (the last 

 3 from the Tate Herbarium) ; east of Everard Range ; Mur- 

 teree, Strzelecki Creek ; Tnnamincka ; west of Port Augusta ; 

 Eringa, Lindsay Creek (S. A. White); north of Goyder 

 Lagoon (R. Cockburn). 



Northern Territory. — Henbury, Finke River (S. A. 

 White). 



